I was trying to explain to my brother how my artstyle was becoming more small and chibi like and he replies “eventually they’ll all just be huge heads and small bodies” and I wanted to demonstrate that but I only had my mouse at the time and

My Tabris will always be my favorite Warden because of the huge parallels between the City Elf storyline and Loghain’s storyline.

Loghain starts out as an oppressed peasant. He is driven to strike back against the Orlesian colonizers after the rape and murder of his mother.

Tabris starts out as an oppressed Alienage elf. She who is driven to strike back against the Ferelden nobility after the rape of her cousin and the murder of her fiancé.

Loghain meets Maric — the goodhearted if doofy blood heir to the Ferelden throne — and becomes his unlikely BFF because they share the same cause. Loghain has every reason to distrust the upper classes but would still rather see Ferelden nobles in charge than Orlesian ones who don’t give a shit about the peasantry. Also Loghain is a bit in love with him.

Tabris meets Alistair — the goodhearted if doofy blood heir to the Ferelden throne — and becomes his unlikely BFF because they share the same cause. Tabris has every reason to distrust humans but would still rather see a bastard outsider on the throne than a sheltered blue-blood who doesn’t give a shit about elves. Also Tabris is a bit in love with him.

Loghain is forced to choose between his own happiness and setting Maric up for a marriage that will stabilize the country. He chooses Ferelden over himself.

Tabris is forced to choose between her own happiness and setting Alistiar up for a marriage that will stabilize the country. Except stabilizing the country is not the same thing as helping her people because let’s be real here, Anora isn’t actively cruel to the elves but the Alienages don’t appear to have been a priority for her, and she was raised by a dude who condones slavery. So Tabris chooses to dethrone Anora and find happiness as the King’s mistress, rationalizing that it’s actually the best thing for everyone involved (well, except Anora, obviously, but Tabris has no reason to care about Anora, and it’s not her problem that Anora would rather be executed than renounce her claim to the throne.)

Loghain saves the country by taking charge of a small guerrilla force and later mustering greater military numbers. This earns him fame as the Hero of the River Dane. He is appointed to high nobility and commands respect far beyond the station he was born into, taking a hand in running the country.

Tabris saves the country by taking charge of a small guerrilla force and later mustering greater military numbers. This earns her fame as the Hero of Ferelden. She is appointed to high nobility and commands respect far beyond the station she was born into, taking a hand in running the country.

And of course, Tabris kills Loghain for his crimes against the Alienage without a second thoughts, never knowing how close she is to being Loghain. While Loghain himself never understands that the Ferelden treatment of elves created his own worst enemy, another version of him.

I can’t wait for the Keep to open, you guys. I love my “canon” Warden an awful lot.